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To: JennysCool
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Main Entry: iro·ny
Pronunciation: 'I-r&-nE also 'I(-&)r-nE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -nies
Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirOnia, from eirOn dissembler

1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning -- called also Socratic irony

2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance

3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play -- called also dramatic irony, tragic irony synonym see WIT

11 posted on 12/23/2004 2:56:27 AM PST by speling be champiun
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To: speling be champiun

Idiot, in other words.


12 posted on 12/23/2004 2:57:40 AM PST by JennysCool (QuarkXPress has caused an error in QuarkXPress. QuarkXPress will now close.)
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To: speling be champiun

I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.


82 posted on 12/23/2004 10:17:37 AM PST by MEG33 (MERRY CHRISTMAS!.....GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: speling be champiun

CJR812/jarl/COroge08, is that you?


83 posted on 12/23/2004 10:19:18 AM PST by Darksheare (Beauty always comes with dark thoughts)
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